Most popular baby names in New Zealand (1982)
The rankings exactly as NZ Department of Internal Affairs published them for 1982. New Zealandpublishes a girls' list and a boys' list separately, so they are shown separately — there is no official combined ranking, and Namewise does not invent one.
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Girls' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1982
- 1Sarah
- 2Rebecca
- 3Emma
- 4Kelly
- 5Lisa
- 6Anna
- 7Amy
- 8Rachel
- 9Michelle
- 10Nicola
- 11Melissa
- 12Jessica
- 13Amanda
- 14Angela
- 15Kylie
- 16Elizabeth
- 17Hayley
- 18Natasha
- 19Natalie
- 20Renee
- 21Tania
- 22Stacey
- 23Megan
- 24Jennifer
- 25Tracey
- 26Melanie
- 27Kate
- 28Louise
- 29Hannah
- 30Victoria
- 31Claire
- 32Catherine
- 33Katie
- 34Katherine
- 35Katrina
- 36Aimee
- 37Nicole
- 38Vanessa
- 39Amber
- 40Kimberley
- 41Rachael
- 42Monique
- 43Julia
- 44Danielle
- 45Erin
- 46Joanne
- 47Julie
- 48Charlotte
- 49Rochelle
- 50Alice
- 51Fiona
- 52Karen
- 53Alana
- 54Kirsty
- 55Helen
- 56Stephanie
- 57Laura
- 58Andrea
- 59Kathryn
- 60Joanna
- 61Maria
- 62Tracy
- 63Kim
- 64Gemma
- 65Deborah
- 66Leanne
- 67Shannon
- 68Mary
- 69Jade
- 70Sara
- 71Emily
- 72Shelley
- 73Anita
- 74Lauren
- 75Teresa
- 76Caroline
- 77Naomi
- 78Donna
- 79Toni
- 80Olivia
- 81Jasmine
- 82Bridget
- 83Jacqueline
- 84Crystal
- 85Paula
- 86Frances
- 87Jodie
- 88Philippa
- 89Marie
- 90Tanya
- 91Lucy
- 92Kirsten
- 93Jane
- 94Christina
- 95Casey
- 96Alicia
- 97Sheree
- 98Krystal
- 99Aroha
- 100Tessa
Boys' names
Top 100 in New Zealand, 1982
- 1Daniel
- 2Michael
- 3James
- 4Andrew
- 5David
- 6Matthew
- 7Christopher
- 8Jason
- 9Nicholas
- 10Mark
- 11Benjamin
- 12Richard
- 13Timothy
- 14John
- 15Jonathan
- 16Paul
- 17Scott
- 18Samuel
- 19Adam
- 20Robert
- 21Simon
- 22Aaron
- 23Joshua
- 24William
- 25Shane
- 26Nathan
- 27Luke
- 28Steven
- 29Stephen
- 30Gareth
- 31Peter
- 32Craig
- 33Ryan
- 34Thomas
- 35Shaun
- 36Joseph
- 37Hayden
- 38Jeremy
- 39Anthony
- 40Jamie
- 41Cameron
- 42Mathew
- 43Jared
- 44Blair
- 45Hamish
- 46Karl
- 47Bradley
- 48Phillip
- 49Justin
- 50Philip
- 51Gregory
- 52Brendon
- 53Brendan
- 54Carl
- 55Stuart
- 56Tony
- 57Alexander
- 58Damian
- 59Grant
- 60Patrick
- 61Edward
- 62Kevin
- 63Sean
- 64Ian
- 65Wayne
- 66Glen
- 67Lance
- 68Joel
- 69Adrian
- 70Brent
- 71Raymond
- 72George
- 73Shannon
- 74Jonathon
- 75Brett
- 76Kane
- 77Dean
- 78Logan
- 79Geoffrey
- 80Alan
- 81Ross
- 82Leon
- 83Darren
- 84Nigel
- 85Dylan
- 86Marcus
- 87Douglas
- 88Lee
- 89Jacob
- 90Ben
- 91Corey
- 92Fraser
- 93Jordan
- 94Isaac
- 95Troy
- 96Ricky
- 97Kyle
- 98Caleb
- 99Micheal
- 100Reuben